Services
Practical AI, built and taught by someone who uses it every day
Four focused offers. Each one starts small, proves its value quickly, and grows only if it's worth it.
Personal AI systems
Your own AI chief of staff.
An AI setup built around how you actually work: an assistant that knows your projects, an inbox that triages itself, and a second brain that remembers what you read.
- AI assistant / chief of staff wired into your projects and notes
- Email triage: sort, summarise, and draft replies for your review
- Second brain: voice memos, articles and notes, organised by AI
- Meeting notes into decisions and action items
- Research agent that returns structured briefs
I run my own work this way, every day.
Agents & automations
Take the repetitive work off your team.
Focused AI agents and workflows that plug into the tools you already use (email, CRM, spreadsheets, documents), with a human approving anything that goes out.
- Lead research and personalised outreach drafting
- Content drafting in your organisation's voice
- Document analysis and Q&A over your files
- Workflow automation across email, sheets, CRM and databases
- Reporting that writes itself
Built for a sales team and for my own nonprofit's fundraising.
AI-powered apps & data platforms
Real software, with AI where it earns its place.
Mobile apps, web platforms, data portals and dashboards, built properly: tested, documented, and designed to survive real users and real constraints.
- Mobile apps (React Native / Expo), including offline-first
- Data portals and dashboards with AI analysts built in
- Websites and internal tools with staff-only workspaces
- AI features: coaching, chat over your data, drafting, summaries
My literacy app is used daily by education assistants in South African schools.
AI training: Claude Code & Codex
Teach your team to build with AI.
Hands-on training in AI coding and automation tools, for founders, operators and teams, from never having heard of them to shipping real work.
- One-to-one or team sessions on Claude Code and Codex
- Practical workflows: specs, reviews, safe automation
- Setting up your own AI workspace and habits
- Ongoing coaching as your team levels up
I run weekly Claude Code and Codex training for my own team.
How it works
From first call to working system
A free 30-minute call
Tell me what's eating your time. I'll tell you honestly whether AI is the answer. Sometimes it isn't.
A written scope and price
A short proposal with what I'll build, how long it takes and what it costs, agreed before any work starts.
Build in the open
You see working software early and get an update every week. No disappearing for months.
Handover and support
Documentation, training for your team, and optional ongoing support as your needs grow.
FAQ
Straight answers
Is AI5 Labs just you?
Yes, by design. I design and build every system myself. When a project needs extra hands (design, specialist data work, extra QA), I bring in trusted freelancers I've worked with, tell you who they are, and stay accountable for the result.
What kinds of projects are a good fit?
Personal AI setups, focused agents and automations for small teams, AI-powered apps and data platforms, and hands-on AI training. I'm not the right fit for large enterprise transformation programmes, and I'll say so.
How is pricing handled?
Every project starts with a written scope and price, agreed before any work begins. Personal setups and training are small engagements; custom software is scoped to what you actually need.
Do you work with nonprofits?
Most of my work so far has been for mission-driven organisations, starting with my own. If you're working on something that matters, I'd love to hear about it.
Which AI models and tools do you use?
Whatever fits the job: Claude, OpenAI models and open models, with Claude Code and Codex for building. I'm not tied to any vendor.
What about privacy and data safety?
I've built AI on top of children's education data, so I take this seriously: personal data is minimised or pseudonymised before it reaches a model, access is locked down by role, and anything an AI sends to the outside world is approved by a human first.
Let's build something real.
Start with a free 30-minute call. Tell me what's eating your time, and I'll tell you honestly whether AI can fix it.